156     SAJR  December 2012  Vol. 16  No. 4

CPD QUESTIONNAIRE

Regarding the semi-automated method for measuring thickness and 
white matter integrity of the corpus callosum:
1.      Diseases affecting cerebral white matter may lead to left-right 

asymmetries and atrophy of interhemispheric connections, i.e. the 
corpus callosum.

2.     The technique successfully determined values of corpus callosum 
midline thickness and interhemispheric differences.

3.     Future research is not likely to determine normal values for age, but 
will be able to compare corpus callosum thickness with peripheral 
white matter volume loss in large groups of patients, using the semi-
automated technique.

Regarding sialoblastomas:
4.      Sialoblastomas are rare salivary gland neoplasms that present 

congenitally or during early infancy, with significant variability in 
histological range and clinical course.

5.     The term ‘sialoblastoma’ was coined by Taylor to describe these 
lesions because it conveyed the dysontogenetic character and the 
site of the tumour.

6.   These tumours uncommonly originate in the parotid gland.
7.   They may arise in the submandibular or minor salivary gland.

With regard to varicose veins:
8.    Varicose veins is one of the most common diseases in the world.
9.      Routine surgical intervention is no longer the principal definitive 

management for large, unsightly varicose veins.
10.  A sub-group of patients develop recurrent varicose veins post 

surgery or atypical varicose veins.

11.  Conventional venography  is no longer considered the gold standard 
of venous imaging.

Rice body formation:
12. Is a common complication of rheumatoid arthritis.
13.  Rice body formation can also occur without any underlying systemic 

disorder.
14.  CT is the modality of choice for discriminating this pathology from 

synovial chondromatosis.

Osteogenesis imperfecta:
15.  Is a heterogeneous group of genetic bone disorders.
16.  Is characterised by decreased bone mass, increased bone fragility 

and susceptibility to fractures.
17.  The severe, perinatal lethal form (Type II) (OMIM 166210) is 

characterised by bone fragility, with perinatal fractures, severe 
bowing of long bones, undermineralisation, and death in the 
perinatal period due to renal failure.

Regarding free intraperitoneal air:
18.  Rigler’s sign was first described in 1941 by L G Rigler as a new 

radiological sign for recognising free air in the peritoneal cavity on 
supine radiograph.

19.  The presence of pneumoperitoneum allows free intra-peritoneal air 
to be contrasted with intraluminal gas, accentuating the wall of gas-
containing viscera.

20. The football sign was first described by Frik du Preez in 1965.

Mark each numbered statement as true or false.

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We are pleased to announce that effective from this issue, the number of CEUs per test has been increased to 5.